Greetings All, Please note that we are resending this RFC announcement because were notified that it did not appear in the ietf-announce archives. Please note that the date of publication is January 2010. Please let us know if you have any questions. Thank you. RFC Editor/sg On Thu, Jan 07, 2010 at 04:53:27PM -0800, RFC Editor wrote: > > A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. > > > RFC 5719 > > Title: Updated IANA Considerations for Diameter > Command Code Allocations > Author: D. Romascanu, H. Tschofenig > Status: Standards Track > Date: January 2010 > Mailbox: dromasca@avaya.com, > Hannes.Tschofenig@gmx.net > Pages: 5 > Characters: 11268 > Updates: RFC3588 > > I-D Tag: draft-ietf-dime-diameter-cmd-iana-01.txt > > URL: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5719.txt > > The Diameter base specification, described in RFC 3588, provides a > number of ways to extend Diameter, with new Diameter commands (i.e., > messages used by Diameter applications) and applications as the most > extensive enhancements. RFC 3588 illustrates the conditions that > lead to the need to define a new Diameter application or a new > command code. Depending on the scope of the Diameter extension, IETF > actions are necessary. Although defining new Diameter applications > does not require IETF consensus, defining new Diameter commands > requires IETF consensus per RFC 3588. This has led to questionable > design decisions by other Standards Development Organizations, which > chose to define new applications on existing commands -- rather than > asking for assignment of new command codes -- for the pure purpose of > avoiding bringing their specifications to the IETF. In some cases, > interoperability problems were an effect of the poor design caused by > overloading existing commands. > > This document aligns the extensibility rules of the Diameter > application with the Diameter commands, offering ways to delegate > work on Diameter to other SDOs to extend Diameter in a way that does > not lead to poor design choices. [STANDARDS TRACK] > > This document is a product of the Diameter Maintanence and Extensions Working Group of the IETF. > > This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol. > > STANDARDS TRACK: This document specifies an Internet standards track > protocol for the Internet community,and requests discussion and suggestions > for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the Internet > Official Protocol Standards (STD 1) for the standardization state and > status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. > > This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. > To subscribe or unsubscribe, see > http://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce > http://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist > > For searching the RFC series, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfcsearch.html. > For downloading RFCs, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html. > > Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the > author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org. Unless > specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for > unlimited distribution. > > > The RFC Editor Team > Association Management Solutions, LLC > _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce mailing list IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce
